I agree, definately the 30's-70's.The Auctioneer said:I picked the 70's but the 30's through the 70's I think was the real golden age of boxing.No abcs of belts.
JCC said:They say so goes the heavyweight division, so goes the sport of boxing.
If there's no real star the sport suffers.
JJC
What we need is Lennox Lewis to come back and whip all of them, and Vitali. But the sport of boxing truly needs another Muhammad Ali, Larry Holmes, Rocky Marciano, (yes even a Mike Tyson), to get the sport back into it. Someone who will draw crowds, and can back it up with skill, and pure domination.tommygunn said:its good to see vitali comming back just now and guys like sam peter on the up. things just now are starting to look a bit better. still not great but better.
i think we'll all agree that we need a top hw from the u.s. these russian robots just dont add any glitz to the division. and i dont see shannon briggs as the savior.
The best of the mediocre, maybe.tommygunn said:its good to see vitali comming back just now and guys like sam peter on the up. things just now are starting to look a bit better. still not great but better.
I don't think you'll likely to see that happen easily, if even at all to happen.tommygunn said:i think we'll all agree that we need a top hw from the u.s. these russian robots just dont add any glitz to the division.
Hardly!tommygunn said:... and i dont see shannon briggs as the savior.
Those guys are two of the reasons.. add about half a dozen or so other names to just the HW division and you'll understand why I chose the 70s.Grace said:Why did you pick the 70's? Because of Ali and Foreman or what other reason did you have?
Because your focus is on the heavyweight division. In the 1940s and 1950s, for example, maybe a 100 fighters in heavyweight division, and 300 in the lightweight divison.RoccoMarciano said:Those guys are two of the reasons.. add about half a dozen or so other names to just the HW division and you'll understand why I chose the 70s.
The 70's had a lot of over all talent. Although in my opinion the 30's-early 80's wasthe true golden age.JCC said:Because your focus is on the heavyweight division. In the 1940s and 1950s, for example, maybe a 100 fighters in heavyweight division, and 300 in the lightweight divison.
As you study history you'll find in those years the over all weight divisions had by far more over all talent in the weight divisions, and the heavyweight division has always had less over all talent.
JJC
Yes, but having to select one is a little more precise than selecting five and a half.bill1234 said:Although in my opinion the 30's-early 80's wasthe true golden age.
Which explains why the 70s were so great - all that talent in even the HW division.JCC said:Because your focus is on the heavyweight division. In the 1940s and 1950s, for example, maybe a 100 fighters in heavyweight division, and 300 in the lightweight divison.
As you study history you'll find in those years the over all weight divisions had by far more over all talent in the weight divisions, and the heavyweight division has always had less over all talent.
JJC